Proper Name guide

Ålesund

name · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɔːləsʊn/
  • /ˈɔːləsʊnd/
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name

Meaning 1

A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Ålesund.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أوليسوند — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Armenian: Օլեսուն (Ōlesun) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Bulgarian: О́лесун (Ólesun) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奧勒松 /奥勒松 (Àolēisōng) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Danish: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Dutch: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Finnish: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Finnish: Aalesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Greek: Άαλεσουντ (Áalesount) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Icelandic: Álasund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Japanese: オーレスン (Ōresun) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Korean: 올레순 (ollesun) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Lithuanian: Olesiundas — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Macedonian: О́лесунд (Ólesund) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: অলেসুন্ড — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Persian: السوند — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Polish: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Portuguese: Aalesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Portuguese: Alesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Russian: О́лесунн (Ólesunn) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Swedish: Ålesund — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal
  • Ukrainian: О́лесунн (Ólesunn) — Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal